Company milestone · 1959-11-16
Boston business executive Billy Sullivan was awarded the eighth and final franchise of the new American Football League. [1]
New England Patriots Logo
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About New England Patriots
Professional American football team
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the AFC East division and play home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The franchise was founded in 1959 as the Boston Patriots, a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), and joined the NFL in 1970 through the AFL–NFL merger.
The team moved to Foxborough in 1971 and changed its name to the New England Patriots. Robert Kraft has owned the franchise since 1994.
The name, chosen from ideas submitted by the public, refers to the colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.
Sources: [1]
Company: National Football League.
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Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
Patriots logos from the 1960 tricorne hat through Pat Patriot and the 1993 “Flying Elvis” to the 2013 wordmark, as recorded by the team, Boston.com and Wikipedia. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Logo milestone · 1960
The team’s first logo was a blue tricorne hat on a white background, submitted by fan Walter Pingree of Somerville, Massachusetts. It was used for the 1960 season only. [1] [3] [4]
Logo milestone · 1961
Pat Patriot became the official logo: a Revolutionary War minuteman getting ready to snap a football, developed from cartoons that Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell drew for the team during 1960. [2] [3] [4]
Company milestone · 1971
The team moved to its new stadium in Foxborough and changed its name to the New England Patriots. [1] [4]
Visual identity milestone · 1979-09
The Patriots put a streamlined logo designed with NFL Properties, a minuteman profile in a tricorne set against a flag of red and white stripes, to a crowd vote at halftime of a home game against San Diego. The crowd rejected it and Pat Patriot was kept. [1] [3] [4]
Logo milestone · 1993-03
The “Flying Elvis” logo replaced Pat Patriot: the grey face of a minuteman wearing a red, white and royal blue hat that begins as a tricorne and flows into a banner. NFL Properties developed it for owner James Orthwein, together with a cursive script wordmark and blue-and-silver uniforms. [1] [3] [4]
Logo milestone · 2000
The blue of the Flying Elvis tricorne and of the script wordmark outline changed from royal blue to nautical blue, alongside the team’s switch to navy uniforms. [1] [3]
Logo milestone · 2013-07-03
The Patriots unveiled a new wordmark in modernised block letters, replacing the cursive script. It appeared on the uniforms from the 2015 season because of NFL uniform policies. [1] [4]
Research sources
- New England Patriots ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Pat Patriot ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- History: Logo and Uniform ↗ · New England Patriots · accessed 2026-09-25
- Happy birthday, Flying Elvis: A run through Patriots logo history ↗ · Boston.com, 2020-03-26 · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Colour sample
Sampled artwork colours
Blue (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #224499
- RGB
- 34, 68, 153
Text contrast on white8.92:1 · AAA
Text contrast on near-black2.12:1 · Fail
Grey (accent sample)Accent
- HEX
- #CCDDDD
- RGB
- 204, 221, 221
A very light grey sample. White background pixels are skipped, so a value this light can come from the artwork’s edge pixels rather than a colour in the mark. How colours are sampled
Text contrast on white1.4:1 · Fail
Text contrast on near-black13.45:1 · AAA
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Design context
Logo design & typography notes
The team says Pat Patriot’s detail made it hard to reproduce on retail merchandise, which led it to commission NFL Properties for a new logo ahead of the 1976 Bicentennial; that project became the design rejected in 1979.
The “Flying Elvis” nickname comes from the logo’s perceived resemblance to a young Elvis Presley.
Pat Patriot remains in use for throwback merchandise and as an alternate logo.
From the researched record (AI-assisted source review); see research sources.
Reference
Frequently asked
Who designed the New England Patriots logo?
Tricorne hat logo (1960) is credited to Walter Pingree. Pat Patriot logo (1961) is credited to Phil Bissell. “Flying Elvis” logo (1993) is credited to NFL Properties (agency). The designer of the specific file version shown on this page is not recorded. [2] [3] [4]
Can I use the New England Patriots logo?
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When did New England Patriots change its logo?
1960: The team’s first logo was a blue tricorne hat on a white background, submitted by fan Walter Pingree of Somerville, Massachusetts. It was used for the 1960 season only. 1961: Pat Patriot became the official logo: a Revolutionary War minuteman getting ready to snap a football, developed from cartoons that Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell drew for the team during 1960. 1993-03: The “Flying Elvis” logo replaced Pat Patriot: the grey face of a minuteman wearing a red, white and royal blue hat that begins as a tricorne and flows into a banner. NFL Properties developed it for owner James Orthwein, together with a cursive script wordmark and blue-and-silver uniforms. 2000: The blue of the Flying Elvis tricorne and of the script wordmark outline changed from royal blue to nautical blue, alongside the team’s switch to navy uniforms. 2013-07-03: The Patriots unveiled a new wordmark in modernised block letters, replacing the cursive script. It appeared on the uniforms from the 2015 season because of NFL uniform policies. [1] [2] [3] [4]
What file formats are available for the New England Patriots logo in this archive?
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